BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 23
By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:
Kazakhstan has extracted 19.4 million tons of coal over the period from January through February 2021, which is 1.8 percent more than in 2020, Trend reports citing Kazakhstan’s Statistics Committee.
The report said that the volume of coal extracted in February 2021 stood at 8.9 million tons, which in turn is 3 percent less than in Feb. 2020.
Furthermore, crude oil extraction including gas condensate was 13.7 million tons during the reporting period, which is 11.6 percent less as compared to the volume extracted during the same period of 2020. Kazakhstan’s February oil output was 6.7 million tons, which also is 11 percent less than during the same month of 2020.
Kazakhstan has also extracted 9.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas during the reporting period of 2021 and 4.4 billion cubic meters in February, which is 2.2 and 5.7 percent less year-on-year.
Fuel oil manufacturing volume stood at 513,000 tons and 255,500 tons during the reporting period and Feb. 2021 respectively, which is 30.7 percent more and 27.1 percent more than during the same period of 2020.
Kerosene manufacturing amounted to 72,500 tons over two months (down by 26.2 percent) and 37,900 tons in Feb. 2021 (down by 20.7 percent), whereas gasoil (diesel fuel) manufacturing equaled 702,800 tons over two months (down by 5.7 percent) and 372,200 tons in Feb. 2021 (5.4 percent more).
Hydrocarbon liquefied gases output was 187,400 tons over two months of 2021 with an annual decrease of 19.9 percent, whereas February output was 85,900 tons (down by 25 percent annual).
Electricity generation over two months of 2021 equaled 20.5 billion kWh, which is 1.5 percent more than in 2020, whereas the volume of electricity generated in Feb. 2021 amounted to 9.5 billion kWh, which is 2.8 percent less year-on-year.
The volume of thermal energy generated from January through February 2021 amounted to 24.5 million Gcal with an annual increase of 9.8 percent, whereas February 2021 output was 11.2 million Gcal, which is 5.6 percent more than in Feb. 2020.
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